Old Versions of Eraser - OldVersion.comhttp://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser/
A very useful utility to securely delete files, instead of just marking them as "safe to overwrite" (which is what the recycle bin does). This software is distributed under the Gnu Public License (GPL).
]]>60en-usEraser 5.8.7.0http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-5-8-7-0
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]]>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:32:28 +0000http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-5-8-7-0Eraser 5.8.7http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-5-8-7
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]]>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:28:55 +0000http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-5-8-7Eraser 6.0.6.1376http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-6-0-6-1376
* Progress dialog improvements* Deal with cluster tip erasure failures more robustly* subfolders of the target if they are empty after the erase regardless of whether the folder should be deleted when empty* Fixed the crash which appears after Erase has been running for a while* Create a Hide button for the progress dialog* Relabelled tab order for the progress dialog* Friendlier error message used when access is denied erasing a file cluster tip.* Moved the task list to a file in the Local Application Data folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Eraser 6)* Allow users to filter log messages by severity* Fixed crash when "unformatted" drives are installed on the computer.* Clean up files meant for cleaning up the MFT after we are done with it. * Log viewer performance optimisations* Fixed a crash when right-clicking a drive in the Computer folder. * Fixed restart-run tasks.* Made the forced closure of file handles optional* Added first draft of the Eraser documentation* Allow eraser to be called from the Run dialog* Fixed crash when erasing FAT file systems.* Certain file names which could not be erased from the context menu previously can now be erased.* Allow computers without network adapters to run Eraser* Disk performance counters can now be used as an entropy source* Cleaner NTFS MFT erasure.* Implemented FAT cleaning* Implemented delete key in the Scheduler.* Updated the Visual C++ runtime to the latest one (2008SP1 with ATL security fix) * Installer bootstrapper improvements* Do not stop running a task if one target does not exist.* NTFS MFT Cleaning improvements.* Allow many files to be dragged into the Eraser Window.* Erase MFT resident files before expanding the file to clear the cluster.* When selecting too many files to erase from the Eraser context menu in Windows Explorer display a helpful error message instead of failing without any reason.* Fixed Eraser being unable to exit when started at logon.* Allow an elevated instance of Eraser to be controlled remotely by the same user. * Fixed crash when deleting multiple tasks* Added Italian localisation support* Compile Warning fixes* Don't check the SFC filelist if the given path name is longer than 255 characters* Implemented Italian localisation* Fixed build process for developers without code signing certificates* Rearranged the Italian settings panel to fit longer strings* More Italian localisation work* Display the language name in the .NET framework language for all Eraser translations for uniformity* Display untranslated strings in debug builds as "untranslated" but use the English string in release builds* Fixed updater crash* More Italian localisation work; added support for Shell Extension translations* Implemented Shell Extension translation switching (controlled from the Eraser Settings page)

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:02:37 +0000http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-6-0-6-1376Eraser 6.0.9.2343http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-6-0-9-2343
- Fixed documentation errors when adding new tasks - Fixed fatal errors when erasing files which the current user do not have access to - Fixed updater with the change in server - Fixed bug in monthly schedules - Implementation suggestion by Jackjack that the title of balloon tips should be "Task Completed" and not "Task Executed" for clarity- Document working around UAC to erase unused disk space. - Fixed bug in scheduler where tasks will only be run once per Eraser start up even if the schedule should have been triggered - Fixed memory leak when the Unlocker feature was enabled. - Fixed some cases where file unlocking would still not allow a file to be unlocked for erasure. - Fixed a situation where by a task would be initiated from the Explorer context menu and when Eraser was not running. Under some situations, the task will run but the UI will not reflect that. - Fixed a crash when using the Unlocker code from Windows Vista.

]]>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:02:33 +0000http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-6-0-9-2343Eraser 6.0.10.2620http://www.oldversion.com/windows/eraser-6-0-10-2620
- Updated Italian translation. - Updated LZMA SDK for Bootstrapper to use the beta 9.22 SDK which is the only one available from 7-zip. - Improved Recycle Bin support for non-NTFS drives on Windows. - Fixed Scheduler display bug where tasks added using the Shell Context Menu could appear in the schedule as Not Queued even if it was configured to run automatically, if a task was already running. - Disable all entropy mixing algorithms except SHA-1 so that Eraser can continue to function even when FIPS mode is enabled under Windows XP. - Bug fix for CryptoAPI crash on startup under certain circumstances. - Fixed persistence of non-default erasure methods for erasure targets. - Allow users to exit from an invalid custom erasure method editor state if he clicks cancel or closes the dialog.

Eraser 6.0.8, a maintenance release in the stable 6.0.x line was released today. 6.0.8 addresses a significant number of stability and usability issues found in Eraser 6.0.7. Eraser 6.0.8 is now the best in the Eraser 6.0.x line, as such, all users are encouraged to upgrade to 6.0.8 as soon as possible.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Eraser icon badge to reflect correct version

Initial Polish translation for Eraser

Fixed Donation link in About dialog

Fixed improper exit from Eraser when the instance was started by the system

Supplants a fix in Eraser 6.0.6: the amount of data that needed to be overwritten was underreported

Fixed crash on certain computers with unusual drive configurations

Fixed erasing of UNC paths: Eraser would previously refuse to erase UNC paths. However, use this feature at your own risk: UNC paths behave differently from disk erasures and data may not be completely erased.